In his darkest moments last year when he doubted if he would ever get back to full fitness following his knee injury, Roger Federer clung on to one thought – he still had the game to maybe sneak another grand slam title. He was right. Federer, who missed the Rio Olympics and US Open last year while he recovered, outlasted Rafa Nadal in five sets on Sunday to clinch his 18th grand slam title at Melbourne Park, four-and-half years after his last. "There's never a guarantee but I was always positive," the 35-year-old told the Australian Open website about how he got through the doldrums last year. "It was about staying calm and believing the work's paying off and that the variety I have in my game maybe allows me to maybe sneak in one or a couple." Federer said his belief was also based on the fact that until his injury, he was still competing well, reaching two grand slam finals in 2015 and two semi-finals in 2016. "If you look back at my results, in 2016 and especially in 2015, I think I played some really good tennis and some good attacking tennis," he said. "Honestly, I believed I could do it, the question was how's Novak (Djokovic) going to play, how's Andy (Murray) going to...
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